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VP offers condolences to families of Fokker-27 crash victims

Vice President Boediono on behalf of himself and the government offered deep condolences to families of those killed ...

Indonesia mulling over single time zone

In October 1928, a group of young men from several islands together made a pledge they would be united under one ...

Kalla says plan to unify time zone wrong

Former vice president M Jusuf Kalla believes that the plan to merge Indonesia`s three existing time zones into a ...

Mount Marapi twice spews white smoke

Mount Marapi, located between the districts of Tanah Datar and Agam, West Sumatra province twice spewed white smoke on ...

Super moon not to bring disaster

The appearance of super moon with a bigger size and golden light on Saturday night should not be linked with a ...

round-up: huge quake again hits Aceh, no report of death

Only a couple of days after the Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) or Aceh province held simultaneous regional head ...

Aceh major quake warns tsunami potential to five provinces

The Pekanbaru Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) released a tsunami warning to five provinces in ...

National police chief visits parliament building

The National Police Chief General Timur Pradopo visited the House of Representatives (DPR) building here on Friday ...

President Yudhoyono arrives in S. Korea

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Mrs Ani Yudhoyono and entourage arrived in South Korea on Sunday afternoon. ...

Bomb explodes near RI`s embassy in Paris: FM spokesman

A bomb blast took place near the Indonesian Embassy in Paris on Wednesday at 5:15 am (11:15 am Western Indonesia ...

President Yudhoyono arrives in Jakarta

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono arrived at Halim Perdanakusuma airport here on Friday following a two-day visit to ...

Five shot, five missing in land dispute clash in Rokan Hulu

A clash between local residents and guards of a plantation company in a land dispute in Batang Kumuh village, Rokan ...

5.1-magnitude quake shakes Aceh`s Simeulue

An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale jolted Simeulue, Aceh province, Monday evening, the Meteorology, ...

PNG jet interception incident settled : TNI spokesman

The National Defense Forces (TNI) Headquarters said the incident in which two TNI jet fighters intercepted an ...

Govt to build 24 fast missile-armed ships until 2024

The government has set itself the target of building 24 fast ships equipped with guided missiles over the next 12 ...